![]() ![]() The books she devoured as a child were disappointing, telling stories of aristocratic English children with nannies and ponies or poor children whose problems disappeared when long-lost rich relatives showed up and solved their problems. ![]() This did not diminish Cleary's love of books, and by third grade she was a much better reader and spent most of her time surrounded by books-either at home or at the library. Her mother then acted as the town librarian in a room upstairs from a bank. The young Cleary learned to love books and reading. When her family lost the farm, they moved to northeast Portland’s Hollywood neighborhood and her father found work as a bank security guard. When the Great Depression hit, her father lost his job.ĭespite her mother’s efforts to bring books to the young Cleary, she was put into the low reading circle when she started school in Portland. For more than half a century, she wrote stories that allowed kids to see themselves in the books.īeverly Atlee Bunn was born on Apin McMinnville, Oregon. Up until the age of six, Cleary-an only child-lived on her family farm in nearby Yamhill. The town was small and did not have a library, so Cleary’s mother arranged for the State Library to send books to Yamhill. Beverly Cleary created some of the most beloved children’s book characters of the 20th century. Writing about the children in her own neighborhood, Cleary’s stories of the rambunctious youth of Klickitat and Tillamook Streets have sold more than 91 million copies and changed the genre. ![]()
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